

Orson Scott Card
- writer
- novelist
- science fiction writer
- children's writer
- screenwriter
- Born 1951-08-24 (age 75)
- Nationality United States
- Years active 1975–present
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| 2013 | Ender's Game | Movie | producer | 62 |
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1951 age 0
Born2013 age 62
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Quotes
"I'm accusing you of violating the laws of nature," he said, irritated at my failure to respond. <br/> "Nature's virtue is intact," I reassured him. "I just know some different laws."
Orson Scott Card, CC BY-SA 4.0
Gods are like that. It isn't enough for them to run everything. They want to be famous, too.
Orson Scott Card, CC BY-SA 4.0
In his sleep the voice of the land came to him like whispered lullabies. I did not choose you, said the land. I cannot speak except to those who hear me, and because it is in your nature to hear and listen, I spoke to you and lead you here to save me, save me, save me. Do you know the desert they will make of me? Encased in burning dust or layers of ice, either way I'll be dead. My whole purpose is to thrust life upward out of my soils, and feel the presence of living feet, and hear the songs of birds and the low music of the animals, growling, lowing, chittering, whatever voice they choose. That's what I ask of you, the dance of life, just once to make the man whose mother will teach him to be Quetzalcoatl and save me, save me, save me.
Orson Scott Card, CC BY-SA 4.0
They are beautiful monsters... And when they live in a network of peace and hope, when they trust the world and their deepest hungers are fulfilled, then within that system, that delicate web, there is joy. That is what we live for, to bind the monsters together, to murder their fear and give birth to their beauty.
Orson Scott Card, CC BY-SA 4.0
I wonder sometimes if the motivation for writers ought to be contempt, not admiration.
Orson Scott Card, CC BY-SA 4.0
If it isn't a wonderful story first, who cares how "important" it is?
Orson Scott Card, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Personal details
- Nationalities
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Years active
- 1975–
- Genres
- science fiction
- Notable works
- Ender's Saga, The Tales of Alvin Maker, Homecoming Saga
- Education
- Brigham Young High School, Brigham Young University, University of Notre Dame, University of Utah
